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HLA-DRB1*1101 allele may be associated with bilateral Méniére's disease in southern European population.
Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology - 1 Oct 2007
Lopez-Escamez Jose A, Vilchez Jose R, Soto-Varela Andres, Santos-Perez Sofia, Perez-Garrigues Herminio, Aran Ismael, Lopez-Nevot Miguel A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the associations of HLA-DRB1* and DQB1* Class II alleles in patients with bilateral Méniére's disease (MD). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eighty patients from two ethnically defined groups with definite bilateral MD, according to the diagnostic scale of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, were compared with normal controls from the same origin in a prospective multicenter...
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